Month: April 2007
![If These Snowboards Could Talk](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Phone-1024x677.jpg)
If These Snowboards Could Talk
Laura Hadar grew up in a trailer park with four siblings outside of Aspen Colorado. She scored a sponsorship from Oakley at 16-years-old, only three years after she started boarding. Today she’s a pro snowboarder, SLUG staff writer and recent judge of SLUG Mag’s Lumber Jack Jam. Laura just returned from China and to document
![Pet Peeves, an Animal Collective Interview](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/animalcollective41-1024x700.jpg)
Pet Peeves, an Animal Collective Interview
The Lewis and Clark of the sound spectrum, Animal Collective’s psych-folk noise-rock agenda brings even the harshest critics to their knees. … read more
![Tyrannosaurus Rx: A Conversation With Indie-Rock’s Most Prominent Pharmacists](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/leo-ted_wallS…00_4x6_sRGB-1024x614.jpg)
Tyrannosaurus Rx: A Conversation With Indie-Rock’s Most Prominent Pharmacists
It’s hard to accurately describe in print the music that Ted Leo and the Pharmacists produce. Leo, the band’s spokesman and chief songwriter, draws inspiration from many different sources, including classic punk, folk rock and even Celtic music. Having cut his musical teeth in East Coast bands Citizen’s Arrest, Animal Crackers and Chisel, Leo emerged
![The Mexican Body Bag](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Screen-Shot-2015-12-29-at-12.43.47-PM1.png)
The Mexican Body Bag
Since the Jazz are going to make the playoffs this month, I thought it would be a great idea to write about one of my favorite things in the world, the Utah Jazz. And since this is SLUG and it’s probably not ‘cool’ to like sports, I’ll keep the stats to a minimal so you
![Promoting Feminism in the Classroom and the Punk-Rock World](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/On-the-Rag-Records-1024x614.jpg)
Promoting Feminism in the Classroom and the Punk-Rock World
When 35-year-old Ren B isn’t teaching fifth grade, you can find her touring with her band All or Nothing Hardcore or running On the Rag Records—a label dedicated to releasing the music of female-fronted punk and hardcore bands. In 1993, a group of local musicians met at Cheap Guy Music (a record store owned by the
![SLUG Magazine Off-Roads SXSW ’07](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/IMG_9714-1024x614.jpg)
SLUG Magazine Off-Roads SXSW ’07
2007 was a stellar year for SXSW. With over 2000 bands populating 40-plus venues on a crowded downtown Austin, Texas you’re bound to run into some great … and not so great live shows. … read more
![UGS: United Gallery Stroll](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Screen-Shot-2015-12-29-at-1.00.19-PM-1024x615.png)
UGS: United Gallery Stroll
Salt Lake City has many cultural events to offer its residents, some of which are easier on the wallet than others. Salt Lake Gallery Stroll is held the third Friday of every month and is always free to the public. The Stroll is held from 6-9pm so you don’t have a lot of time. Take
![Bellyography: Halima – April 2007](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Halima-Photo-1024x768.jpg)
Bellyography: Halima – April 2007
In Arabic Halima translates as ‘quiet one,’ but there’s nothing quiet about this lady’s expressive dancing and her dynamic troupe, Desert Gypsies. … read more
![Dear Dickheads – April 2007](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2004/09/6830-DDatsize-1.jpg)
Dear Dickheads – April 2007
For those who don’t know what ghost riding the whip is, it is where you drive your car at three to five miles per hour, shift the car into neutral, turn up your music all the way and dance Dance DANCE all around and on top of your car. … read more
![Contributor Limelight: Mitch Meyer](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/mitch-meyer.jpg)
Contributor Limelight: Mitch Meyer
“Aperture, aperture!” This is the elusive calling card of photographer Mitch Meyer. … read more